Improved clamp fob making brooms



LYoN & HOPKINS.

Broom Machine. N'. 62,548. Patented March 5, 1867.

IPEERS, PHDTD-LITHOGRPHER, WASHINGYON, D, Cy v @einen tetes stent @ffies HENRY B. LYON AND GEORGE M. HOPKNS, OF ALBION, NEW YORK.

Letters Patent No. 62,548, dated March 5, 1857. l

IMPROVED CLAMP POR MAKING BROOMS.

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TO ALI. WHOM IT MAY coNOERN;

Be it known that we HENRY BLYON and GEORGE M. HOPKINS, both of Albion, in the county of Orleans, in the State of New York, have invented a. new and useful improvement in Implements for Making Brooms; and we do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation 'oi' the sanne, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and tothe letters of reference marked thereon.

The object of our invention is to furnish :t cheep and convenient implement for mekngbrooms. We will proceed to describe its construction and operation.

Figure l represents the jointed'frame O, showing the joint A open.

Figure 2 represents the screw B, the nut C, and the follower D.

' Figure 3 shows the position of the corn E when compressed.

Figure, 4 shows the corn E, :is compressed, and the slot F.

Figure 5 represents the shell or follower G'.

Figure 6 shows the corn E as compressed atwise. g

The implement is of iron or other suitable material. The inner edges 1 l are parallel. The end A. is in the forni of a half ellipse. The inner edges are bevelled down to slot F, which is shown in lig. 4. At A, in fig. 1, n joint will be seen, by means of which the part designated by H is allowed to open Or shut. At I is a hole, for the reception of it' pin, to'keep it shut. J represents a recess for holding the screw L and the nut C. K represents e. screw, which operates on the shell G, as shown in iig. 6. The follower D, in fig. 2, is bevelled at l, and is s halt' ellipse in form on that edge. L designates a. transverse groove corresponding to the slot F, (see fig. 4.) The follower' D-is riveted loosely on to the screw B. Both screws, B and K, are formed into n crank et the Outer end for convenience in working. l

The manner of using the implement is as follows: The per-t H is opened, the follower D is placed in the extreme right end of the jointed frame O, the corn is laid in, and thepart H is closed cnd'fa-stened. The

follower D is pushed down as for as possible, when the nut is slipped i'nto the recess J, when it appears as shown in fig. 3. The screw is' now turned until the corn is suiiiciently compressed, when the Wire is placed around it through the slot F, sufficient room being left each side Of the corn irl-*the slot tO allow the Wire to pass, (seellg. 4.) The brush een now be taken out, and the handle driven in. The follower D is teken out of the ljointed frame O, and the shell G is put in. The wire M is put on the brush, and the broom is placed on the shell G. The part H is closed and fastened. The broom is now compressed latwise by means of the screw K. The hooks N N are placed through the corn, and bent over the Wire M.

What We claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, s

The screw B, the follower D, and the recess J, in combination with the jointed frame O, having the slot F, the screw K, and the clamp G, as end for the purpose specified.

The above specification of onr invention signed by us this 28th day of January, 1867.

HENRY B. LYON,

GEO. M. HOPKINS.

Witnesses:

NEWTON HOPKINS, H. A. WASHBURN. 

